Les Échos

* Executives state case in letter to Les Echos * Suggest creation of world power leader * Analyst says Alstom-Schneider have strengthened bid (Adds comment from Economy Minister Lagarde) By Nina Sovich and Marcel Michelson The...

In this article: Areva, Alstom, Toshiba, General Electric, Schneider Electric, Anne Lauvergeon, Siemens AG, and France

* Execs state case in open letter in Les Echos * Ask if sale to foreign bidder would disadvantage France * Suggest creation of world-leader around Schneider * Three bids on the table of some 4 billion euros By Marcel Michelson Top...

In this article: Areva SA, France, Toshiba Corp, Siemens AG, and General Electric Co

...cast its bid as the "most French offer" and promised to "create a world champion based in France." In an opinion piece in Tuesday's Les Echos newspaper, Alstom CEO Patrick Kron and Schneider Electric CEO Jean-Paul Tricoire cast their bid as...

In this article: Areva, GE, Alstom, Toshiba, Schneider Electric, France, and Balance sheet

...executive of France's largest bank by branches next year, a source within the bank said Friday, confirming a report on the web site of Les Echos. "It's a given," said the source, adding that Chifflet, the 60-year-old vice-president of the...

In this article: Credit Agricole, Credit Agricole, and CAC 40

...to sovereign funds in Singapore, Korea and Qatar about its possible bid for Areva's <CEPFi. PA> electrical power and transmission unit T&D, Les Echos newspaper said on Friday. The move could reduce the interest of GE's main bid consortium...

In this article: General Electric, Areva, Singapore, Alstom, Schneider Electric, Toshiba, and Qatar

...need for a separation of deposit and investment banks as in the time of the Glass-Steagall Act," Noyer said in an interview with France's Les Echos newspaper. The Glass-Steagall act set up barriers between U.S. commercial banks and...

In this article: Glass-Steagall Act, Mervyn King, Bank of France, and Bank of England

...for the unit. The deadline for bids is mid-November, according to previous comments by Finance Minister Christine Lagarde in the newspaper Les Echos. Alstom shares have gained 17 percent since the start of the year, slightly...

In this article: Alstom, Cash flow, Revenue, SNCF, Areva, Bouygues, Schneider Electric, Toshiba, and General Electric

...the company said in a statement. The Airbus sister company did not say whether production rates would be affected. French newspaper Les Echos reported last week that Eurocopter would cut costs and may cut production in 2010 and 2011.

In this article: Eurocopter, EADS, and Airbus

...as a financial centre and to regulate bonuses better just to spoil everything in an instant without any serious reason," Ms Lagarde told Les Echos newspaper. "There is no question of adopting a national measure that would hit the French...

In this article: Tax, Christine Lagarde, France, Conservative Party, Banque de France, and European country

...and Interpublic all update the market next week. Last week, Maurice Levy, chief executive of Publicis, said in an interview with Les Echos, the French newspaper, that he expected the advertising market to recover in the second half of...

In this article: Maurice Levy, Publicis, Europe, Interpublic, Omnicom, WPP, North America, and Africa